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"We have been counting the death toll from the domestic conflict seriously afflicting the Syrian people for 18 months. Diplomatic efforts, political pressure and international sanctions have not produced any result. In addition, August was the bloodiest month since the outbreak of the revolt in March 2011. The deterioration in the situation in Syria complicates the regional balance. The attacks on the Kurdish rebels along the Turkish-Syrian border are threatening to globalise the conflict in a Middle East which is overshadowed by war and at a time of growing tension between Iran and Israel.
Against the backdrop of the continuing deadlock in the Security Council on Syria, the new UN envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, replacing Kofi Annan who has stepped down, feels that military intervention would signify the failure of the political process. In these circumstances, I would like to know what the European Union’s position is on the Egyptian President’s initiative to call a meeting of the representatives of a group of states in the region with the aim of finding solutions to the Syrian crisis. I believe that regional dialogue may be more effective than other options, some of which have already been used up, but only if there is also the necessary desire to find a solution on the part of the major powers whose lack of support has been criticised by the previous UN mediator, Kofi Annan."@en1
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